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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-03-31

HENRY WARD BEECHER once took in
door exercise by shcwcling from one
end of his cellar TO the other load of
sand which he had put there for the
OllrDOSC.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-03-31

A LITTLE girl asked her brother
what was capital punishment, and he
said he thought it was being locked up
in the cupboard with the jam and other
nice things.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-03-31
DAKOTA.

A Watertown telegram Of the 18th says
that for several days the thermometer had
been Is deg, above zero and farmers had
begun seeding.
At Aberdeen, on the 23rd, James Steven
son. OF Wasaca, Min.., brother of the yard
master OF the e. II. 4 st. p r. R., at that
place, while braking on . switching train,
was run over and his body cut in two.
While the waters are going down at Bis
marck and Mandan, and travel and affairs
are resuming their normal condition, the
flood center is established at Pierre. On
the 2lst, the Missouri broke up and ice
came down forming bridge opposite the
city. overtiowing bottom lands and doing d
minimum Of damage, for the first tinc III
siv years. Residents at Fort Pierre were
obliged to go up on to the bluffs. 1t is
thought that the ice win break sd soon that
the highest stage Of water will not be
reached.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-03-31

The engineers and firemen jumped and es.
capped, but one brakeman, who took tie
sam" course. was badly hurt Trains were
u1able to pass the point for "a hours.
A destructive fire visited Chautauqua, N.
Y, Sunday night by which the Children's s
temple and the ampitheatre, more than
fifty summer cottages, seventeen business
buildings and other property were de-
stroyed. The Hotel Athenaeum was much
damaged. The fire broke out at III o. clock
in an unoccupicd building and spread with
too great rapIdity to be stopped by the hand
engine, the sole fire apparatus Of the village.
On the Fist, Anthony's glucodine factory
between Ispheming and Negaunee, Mich,
exploded demolishing the factory and two
adjoining build ngs. The shock was dis
tlnctly felt i'll Niles. fifteen miles distant.
Henry Stnniev and son, employed in the
mill, discovered that some nitro-glycerine
in progress Of manufacture, had ignited,
and both saved themselves by running.
The son escaped unhurt. The father got
one thousand feet away behind q hill, but
the shock knocked him insensible He was
not badly hurt. Loss $1,000.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-03-31

MISS MoLLIE GARFIELD. daughter Of
the late President Garfield, has finished
her studies. She is taller than her
mother.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-03-31

II is an idiosyncras, Of Nora Perry,the
authoress, that she must sit facing the
East when she writes.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-03-31
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

A dreadful tradgedy occurred at Hsia-
shib- Chen, China, twenty miles northeast Of
Hongeboy. Over three hundred troops ap.
peared at the village and greatly irritated
the inhabitants. The villagers inveigled the
whole body into temple and during the
the building escaped. The remainder were
burned to DEATH
The Manitoba legislature is summoned to
meet April II. A lively time is anticipated,
as it IL expected that . plot will be disclosed
to overthrow Norquay and his govsrnmsnt.
Since the resignation Of G. r Brown there
have heen defections In Norquay's ranks,
and it is expected that = sufficient number
can be induced to vote against him to upset
the government. Brown is the leader Of
the new party.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-03-31

EvANGELIsTs Ross and Goodfellow
were refused license for their gospel
tent in San Francisco, whercupon they
proceeded to erect it in defiance of the
law.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-03-31
Crimes.

The usual Chicago Sunday murder
occurred on the Goth In laundry at Iii
Franklin street, q Hungarian named
Hofnosky shot his wife and himself through
the head. Hofnosky is dead, and the
woman is likely to die.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-03-31

HENRY WARD BEECHER had 800, 900
life insurance, though at one time he
was carrying five times that amount.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-03-31

ers of the party from Slayton. The latter
appeared disappointed when they found no
opposition.
Lewis II. Stanton Of Morris, Mimi, son OF
the late Edwin u. Stanton, with the con-
currence Of the surviving members Of the
family. mas secured the services Of George
G Gorham formerly secretary Of the U. =.
Senate to write biography OF the great
war minister. All the private papers OF the
late secretary have been placed in Mr.
Horham's hands to aid him In the work,
and Mr. Stanton is obtaining from all
available sources letters written by his
father and interesting information con-
cerning him. Secretary Stanton left a
great deal OF unpublished history Of great
public interest which will be published to
the world. Mr. Gorham hopes TO COM
plete it in about two years.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-03-31
A Lenten Denial.

A Lenten Denial.
A dimly-lighted little room
A lover aud his lass
A low sweet voice within the gloom,
~ guess we'll give up gas
-Hdrpsr's Basar.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-03-31

MARCH.
Come, Phyllis, the reign Of the Winter 10
past
s.Ti. me fpr The earth to awaken:
The rhsep arr Ill frozen IN Springs early blast
And the shepe1d With agne 10 shaken.
The ice on the river Ia eight inches thick.
But the reign Of the sEintcr i. over:
90 into the bsrny .ra md nose rouud the rick
For the odor of lust Summers clover.
Though the grounding and crocns creep into
their holes
It's Spring. and the almanac shows It.
Though polar wave over the universe r lis
II. spring. snd We don't care who knows It.
Robert J. Bardette.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-29
BRIGHT BITS.

Few MEN ever injured themselves in their
efforts to get away from an office that was seek
ing them.-BoSto1l Courier. a4t
"AND how are you getting along with your
vocal studies, Miss Mabel?' l57'i'
Very well, think my future success is as
sured." ar ~sr<
And what leads you to think so?''
1.-The papers alluded to me as the gifted
young soprano Boston Courier
A TRUE word spoken in jest: "Yes madam, -
said the tramp, in better days used to prac-
tice at the bar"
''And now > responded the lady, 81 suppose
you are satisfied to work the growler"
But the tramp considered it no subject for jest
and passed along PittsbtTq Dispatch.
81 AM sorry to disappoint you =" wrote a lady
in another State to the Lewiston School Board
several months ago regarding her acceptance of
a proffered situation in a Lewiston school, but
have found situation which trust will be
more congenial to my taste" The other day,
in CHANGING over newspaper, one of the board
read, with pleasant surprise, the announce
ment Of the young ladys marriage
(Me.) Journal.
OMAHA MAm-Are those pug dogs intelligent?
Omaha lady proud owner of a pug)-Oh,
their intelligence is almost human
81 am surprised to hear that"
81 can't begin to tell you how much the dear
little fellows know. Mercy me! Jane! Jane!
Where are your"
Jane "a servant)-Here. mum.
run out as fast as you can and bring the
dog in. It's raining "-Omdha World.
Two's CoMPANY.-Mr Gray who has brought
Miss Deane to the ball)-I am awfully sorry to
say, Miss Deane, that it is raining quite hard
now. have tried in vain to get a carriage, and
am afraid that we shall have to do the best we
can with small umbrella.
Miss Deane-What! both of lis under one little
umbrella! Oh, what fun. (To other man Don't
you think so Mr. Brown?
MIR. Brown, somewhat sadly)-Yes, fun for
you two. ''-Horper's Bazdr.
JAMES T. FIELDS was a noted teller of stories.
In the authors parlorn of the old store of
Ticknor & Fields he sure of congeniai
hearers, and almost equally sure that any clever
thing would be sure of wide and speedy circula-
ton. It may be, therefore, that the following
story has appeared in print, but if it has, it is
good enough to be told over again. young
American, Mr.. Fields used to say, who imbbed
Anglomania while in London, reached Boston
on the night of July 3. His sleep was disturbed
by the sounds common on the night before the
Fourth and he came down to the family break
fast table in a state of very English irritation.
''Mawthah, - he asked, why the precipitate
explosion of pyrotechnics in the night, this
most deucedy inharmonious sounding of horns
and that sort of thing? Those blahsted bells
tangled so that l couldn't sleep at all, don't
cher 'know!n
why, John it's the Fourth of July"
''The- aw-Fourth of July? Yaas l am aware
that it's the fourth day of the current month,
Mawthahl but-aw--what of that?"-BoSton
TTQnScricH,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-29
Two Labor Stories.
rom the MiLlnnuEcee Sentfnel


Carroll D. Wright, the chief of the National
Bureau, is looked up to as mentor by all the
others, and was again chosen president. His
experience during period of sixteen years in
the statistical field of Massachusetts, has gained
for him more than national reputation, and
his reports are found upon the desks of every
industrial establishment of Massachusetts, He
is now man of 45, of splendid physique, and
delights in listening to and telling good jokes
His latest is how an impending strike in shoe
factory of Lynn, Mass, was averted. aster
was discharged for incompetency; the union
would not allow it. The employer had to yield
but he did it in his own way. He inserted an
advertisement in the paper for Knight of La
Dor laster.
Are you a good laster?"
Eyes, sir.'
Can you unlast too?"
"Of course, sir. said the astonshed applicant
'Then, go to work" said the employer lat
unlasting every pair Of boots this man here is
lasting"
Another story Mr.. Wright delights in is this:
A certain manufacturer, employing no more
than dozen men, who happened to be all
Engishmen, one day hired an Irishman, who
was a first-claSs hand at the work. The English
men felt sore and appointed one of their num-
Der as kicking committee" Said the en-
ployer:
why is it that you fellows don't kick against
Irish employersg"
''Oh, well, that is different" said the com
mittee
well, then" said the manufacturer 81 shall
take the lrishman into partnership tomorrow"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-29
A Queer Bathing Suit.
From the Carson (Nev.) .4ppeaL

From the Carson (NeU) appeal
A few evenings since Mr. Jefferson, who keeps
the saloon at Glenbrook, was out bathing in the
lake, when, suddenly, something wrapped about
him like wet blanket. He was close to shore
and got there pretty lively. When he climbed
up the wharf the blanket, as it appeared to be,
was all wrapped about him in a queer way He
rushed into the rear of the saloon. where there
was light and was Mortified to discover that
the thing which was wrapped around him was
alive. 1t held on with q terrible suction and re-
quired several men to get it off
A scientist who was stopping at the hotel pro-
nounced it an Elactys cacynthius, or what is
vulgaTly known as the blanket fish. 1t frequents
the waters of the polar seas, and is only occa-
sionally found in fresh water, except deep cold
lakes, and generally stays near the bottom. 1t
is sometimes found in the Pacific Ocean as low
as the 35th parallel 1t wraps around its victim,
and, by impeding the motions of it's limbs,
causes it to drown.
II is dark brown in color, with black specks.
and weighs about twenty-five pounds. When
stretched out upon the wharf it was about 6 feet
long by broad, and not over l inch thick 1t
was an object of curiosity all day and is now on
exhibition in the saloon.
Mr.. Emery, the stage driver, says he saw Jel-
lerson when he came out of the water and
thought he was wrapped up in a blanket. This
is the first ever caught in this section of the
world.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-29
Practical knowledge.

A young man who is very well educated,
but who has never seemed to care to put his
knowledge to practical use, complains that
many men not as well informed as himself
do not find it difficult to earn money The
trouble with him is that he has never tried
to be practical. His education is merely an
ornament. He doesn't know how to apply
it so as to make it valuable, and the result is
that he is no better off than am ignorant day
laborer.
An incident which occurred at Mont Alto,
Pa, the other day, aptly illustrates the value
of practical knowledge. A party of men were
telling funny stories, and one of them
laughed so heartily that he dislocated his
jaw. A quack living near by was sent for,
and he Immediately pronounced the mans
predicament case of lock-jaw. He put a
big mustard poultice on the mans jaw,
plastered fly blister on the back of his
neck, plunged his bare feet in boiling water,
and then told him if he had anything TO
say it would be we'll for him to
say it at once, as he would never recoverable
was bound TO die. A preacher on his way
to the mans house to offer spiritual conso-
and went with him. When they entered the
house they found the man incased in plas-
tiers, his legs badly scalded to the knees, and
his head wrapped in a blanket The stu
dent wished TO make an examination, but
the weeping bysUanders explained
that it would be useless, that the
man was going to die, and that
nobody could do him any good. In answer
to question the student was informed that
the mans jaw had become locked while
he was laughing. In spite of protests the
student removed the blanket, held up the
mans head, thrust his fingers into his mouth
and struck him lightly on the jaw. 1t
swung back into place, and the man was
soon as well as ever.
The student knew how to use his knowl-
edge. When he begins to practice, it is alto
gether probable that he will be in demand,
and he will not find it difficult to earn
money. IL is so with nearly every other
man who makes practical use of what he
learns in the schools. The complaining
young man should take heed and profit.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-29
The Morning News for the Summer.

Persons leaving the city for the summer
can have the MORNING NEWS forwarded by
the earliest fast mails to any address at the
rate of 25c. a week, 81 for month or 81 so
for three months, cash invariably in ad-
vance. The address may be changed as
often as desired. In directing change care
should be taken to mention the old as well
as the new address.
Those who desire to have their home paper
promptly delivered to them while away
should leave their subscriptions at the BUsI-
NESS OFFICE. Special attention will be given
tomake this summer service satisfactory and
to forward papers by the most direct and
quickest routes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-29
A $4,000 JOKE.
A Little Transaction in Options That
a Jury Couldn't See..


The New York Herald has the following dis
patch from Richmond Va: Sam Rosenbaum S
joke was a pretty good one on Tom Seldom"
This was the current comment on the result
of a suit in the Circuit Court among the stock
brokers here yesterday. Samuel Rosenhaum
and Thomas A Seldom, of this city, on their
way to New York, March II, 1886, had chat
about Richmond and Danville railroad stock
Seldom was of the opinion that the stock,
which was then selling at so, would go to $50
per share.
Rosenbaum said ''You won't bet money on
it,"
Then there was a proposition made, which,
being something in the nature of a bet and
illegal. was declared off. Both the gentlemen
were ready to back their opinions with cash,
and Seldom thea proposed, andi WIS stipulated,
that RoSenbaum should sell him (Seddon) 2o0
shares of Richmond and Danville stock at SO per
share at any time within three years, at Sed-
don's option
A note Of the agreement was made by both
gentlemen, and two others who were with them
on the train, and it was fully understood that
Rosenbaum was to deliver to Seldom $50 shares
of the stock at 90 at any time he might call
for it within the specified period,
During the following month of July, when the
Richmond and Danville stock had reached the
figure of about $50 per share, Seldom rendered
Rosenbaum $4,000, the value of $50 shares at
the stipulated price.
Rosenbaum refused to deliver, and said it was
all joke. Seddon, who couldn't see the joke,
brought suit in the Circuit Court for $4,000
heard by jury, which agreed with Rosenbaum
that it was joke, and rendered a decision in his
favor
Seldom will now appeal
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-29

The Washington correspondent of the
New York Star has made curious dis
covery. He says that among the graduates
who received diplomas at the recent COM
mencement exercises of the National Uni
versity were two who held toward each
other the relation of stepfather and stepson.
The stepfather is young man of 2S, and is
a clerk in the Land Office. Three years ago
he became engaged to widow in whose
house he was boarding, she being A years
old and having a large family. Last
November they were married, and not
withstanding the disparity in their ages,
have gotten along well together BY his
marriage the young man became the step
father of three boys, aged respectively "a,
II and IA, and of two girls. The stepfather
is 81, 400 clerk in the Land Office, while
his eldest stepson is a 81, 600 clerk in the
Patent Office, and the two graduated in
the same law school, in the same class, and
at the same time.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-29
Clever Dick.
From the Boston Transcript

pTOHb He boStOb LFulScTtpt.
The Listener has heard from the lips Of an
esteemed friend, who is the head Of an import
ant Boston firm, and a man who cannot tell a
lie, this story of a cats intelligence. which
rather surpasses anything of the kind he has
heard lately:
You are acquainted with our cat DickS Yes.
big fellow, you know, whose size and dignity
attract people dttepuon. lie IS always at the
store, upstairs or down. Well. the other day a
friend was in, and as we were conversng about
midway Of the basement, where the scales stand,
the cat passed along Well well what a cat \
my friend exclaimed how much does he
weight I'm sure don't know said l. Dick
looked up at this, paused an instant, and then
deliberately walked over 10 the scales aud
mounted the platform. We went over and
weighed him. Both of us thought that the per-
Torrance was accidental; but 10 make sure. after
the cot had gone TO the further end of the store
/ called out to him: Dick come and get on the
scales and be weighed Whereupon Dick trav-
eled solemnly back, mounted the scales and
waited to be weighed. lie understc cd that first
remark, and the second, too, "a well US we did,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-29
Seldom will now appeal.
What Will Reach Mr.. Cleveland from
Kansas City.
.F1,on, the Kansas CitY Joatr1,t

From The Kansas CLty Journal
Mr.. George r. Barse, the artist who has been
entrusted with the preparation of the Cleveland
invitation, has been making studies during the
past week of the various allegorical figures
which will be drawn to accompany the invita-
ton. Enough has already been said to give a
fair idea of what the invitation will be. Mr..
Barse has now selected the composition of illus
trations for Kansas City, the Indian Territory,
Colorado, Texas and Nebraska. The figure for
New Mexico has not yet been fully conceived,
though Mr.. BarSe has an idea in his mind which
he will doubtless develop and accept as the final
figure. Missouri has been thought Of but that,
too is not settled upon definitely. The concep-
ton of the figure for the Indian Territory is
particularly fine and wholly original and ideal
istic. An Indian maiden is shown reclining, her
head resting upon the bosom of a nurse, who,
half poised, supports the maiden with one hand,
while the other hand holds q laurel wreath
The nurse whispers in the Indian maiden's ear
of what the future holds in store for her when
she shall have become civilized. The figure for
Kansas City represents a muse sitting on a
hemisphere. The States of the Union are seen,
and the muse, with the finger pointing to Kan
sas City as the centre of the hemisphere. The
picture for Texas represents maiden leaning
against the States seal. Her left hand shades
her eyes as she looks Eastward toward Kansas
City, and single star, emblematic of the State,
flashes on her forhead. The picture for Colo
RADIO represents Vulcan sitting ON an anvil, his
hand resting on a hammer. Minerals are scat
tered about. The figure representing Kansas,
the Suniower State, is the goddess Ceres. Upon
her right arm she holds sheaf of golden
wheat; her right hand holds uplifted a sun
flower. These, as vet are but studies Mr..
Barse will begin this week the final composition
for the water colors that are to accompany the
invitation. After all these pictures will be fin
ished, the invitation will be left in Barses art
store for few days, to be looked at. The COM
mittee having in charge the securing of sigma
lures have met with much success. The num-
Der OF signatures already secured are nearly 49,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-29
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

MEETNGs-Golden Rule Lodge No H. l. o. O.
F.: Catholic Library Association; OF Subscribers
to Stock of Catholic Library Hall Association.
SPECIAL NoTIcEs-Last Notice of Receiver of
Tax Returns.
CHEAP COLUMN ADVERTISEMENT Employ
ment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Miscel-
laneous.
STEAMSHIP SCHEDULES Steamship Co.
Baltimore Steamship Co.
AUCTION SALES Commissioners Sale for Par
tition by G. H. Dorsett.
FOURTH OF JuLY-Grand Picnic of Catholic
Library Association.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-29

Near Yalto Centre, Kan, the other day,
north-bound Missouri Pacific train was
caught in terrific hail storm. All the
glass in the windows on one side was broken.
ruiiman plate-glass windows were riddled,
and large dents were made in the sides Of
me cars. The engineer stopped the train
ana sought safety under his engine. The
monos were as large as hens eggs, and GOV.
sseo the ground TO depth of IA inches
As Joe Mulhatton was in Louisville on N,
uAy o. The storm, it is probable that tb,
~. n The stones was not exaggerated.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-29

Since the arrest of E. L. Harper. the
Cincinnati banker, all sorts of charges have
been made against him. All his friends
have deserted him. The only being who
seems to care anything for him is his wife.
tbs hardly probable that Harper will ever
again think of the word "wheatn with
eQuanimity
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-29

At the meeting of the McGlynn-Ge
Anti-Poverty Society in New York on Sun
day night Henry George said: "We cannot
too carefully keep out the Chinese from this
country" So it seems that there is at least
one class of human beings for whom George
does not weep sympathetic tears.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-29

In the course of a sermon on Sunday last,
DR. Parker, of the City Temple, London,
expressed establishment at the interest
shown by Americans in the Queen. He
bid that he knew of one Amer
lean who had offered $500 for
ticket of admission to Westminster
Abbey on the occasion of the jubilee SER
vices. II would be interesting to know If
the American in question ever contributed
70 the Grant monument fund, and, if so,
how much.